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Evolving partnerships like the Quad, AUKUS, and the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue with Japan add further depth to the US-Australia alliance. Ensuring that these minilateral relationships keep pace with developments in their constituent bilateral partnerships is essential for Australian strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific.
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Benjamin Reilly

Professor Benjamin Reilly

Senior FellowUnited States Studies Centre
Brendon O'Connor, a Professor of US Politics and US Foreign Relations

Professor Brendon O'Connor

Professor of US Politics and US Foreign RelationsUnited States Studies Centre (jointly appointed with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney)
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Dr Lavina Lee

Director, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre
Tom Corben, a Research Fellow in the Foreign Policy and Defence Program at the United States Studies Centre

Tom Corben

Research Fellow, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre
Guy Boekenstein

Guy Boekenstein

Non-Resident FellowUnited States Studies Centre
Peter J. Dean

Professor Peter Dean

Senior Adviser for Defence StrategyUnited States Studies Centre
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Allies and partners
Public forum
The Australia-US alliance in the age of Trump: A national conversation

6 October 2026

6.00pm

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7.30pm AEDT

Join us for a moderated conversation and share your thoughts on the future of the Australia-US alliance in the age of Trump.

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Trade and economics
Webinar
Can the US and allies loosen China's chokehold on rare earths?

30 September 2026

10.00am

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11.00am AEST

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Thulium is precipitated from a solution on a microscope slide and photographed in polarised light
Trade and economics

The missing market: Why US and allies’ rare earth derisking needs a demand-side strategy

30 September 2026
Report byDr Naoise McDonagh
H.E. Wen Jiabao, Premier of the State Council of China, H.E. Lee Myung-bak, President of the ROK and H.E. Yoshihiko Noda, Prime Minister of Japan at the 5th Trilateral Summit in Beijing, China.
Foreign policy

Moments of Agreement, Strategic Spaces: The Korea-China-Japan Trilateral Summits and the Reconstruction of the Indo-Pacific Security Order, 1999-2024

30 September 2026
Books and journals byDr Jooyeon Hong
Trade and economics

Diesel Prices and The Midterm Elections

28 September 2026
Interview byHayley Channer
Defence

USSC Briefing Room | Move fast and break things? Trump’s defence transformation

25 September 2026
Podcast byMari Koeck
US-ECONOMY-DIESEL A garbage truck drives past gas prices above $6 a gallon and diesel prices above $8 a gallon as they are displayed outside of a Shell gas station in Carson, California on September 22, 2026. On September 22, US President Donald Trump expressed support for a diesel export ban, with fuel prices having surged on the back of the Middle East war.
Trade and economics

Trump wants a diesel export ban. Australia would be uniquely exposed

25 September 2026
Commentary byRobert Monterosso
US Ambassador to Australia David Brat
US politics

Why David Brat, the new US ambassador to Australia, has a big in‑tray

24 September 2026
Commentary byAva Kalinauskas
Alliances in an age of disorder
US politics
Conference
Sydney International Strategy Forum 2026

23 September 2026

US President Joe Biden speaks during an event in the East Room of the White House September 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden announced a new national security initiative in partnership with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (L) and United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R). (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
AUKUS

AUKUS isn’t a mistake, it’s a strategic necessity

19 September 2026
Commentary byDr Lavina Lee
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AUKUS

By the numbers | The age gap on AUKUS subs is narrowing

16 September 2026
Interactive byAbdulrahaman Ababneh
AUKUS

USSC Briefing Room | AUKUS at five: Full steam ahead?

15 September 2026
Podcast byProfessor Peter Dean, Dr Zack Cooper, Mari Koeck
Royal Australian Air Force, United States Pacific Air Force and Japanese Air Self Defence Force aircraft conduct a trilateral photo exercise during Exercise Southern Cross in the Northern Territory, Australia.
Defence

Australia, Japan and the United States: Implementing a trilateral denial strategy along the First Island Chain

15 September 2026
Report byTom Corben, Jennifer Parker, Professor Satoru Mori, Jeffrey W. Hornung